The partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. We know he runs the show here,” Schumer said Tuesday morning, after a bipartisan White House meeting the day before yielded little progress. Democrats’ health care asksMillions of people could face higher insurance premiums if the health care subsidies expire at the end of the year. “We are not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of everyday Americans,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. No agreement at the White HouseThe bipartisan meeting at the White House on Monday was Trump’s first with all four leaders in Congress since retaking the White House for his second term.